Lucy Collins of Chincoteague sews blankets for children in need alongside other volunteers at Robin Anne's Quilting Service in Pocomoke City.

Written by

Elaine Bean
Staff Writer

Last week, Donna Clarke delivered more than 600 handmade blankets to Woodson Elementary School in Crisfield.

"Every child at Woodson has been affected by the hurricane, so we gave each of them a blanket," she said. "The kids loved them. They've written some really cute thank-you notes. They're cuddling the blankets and sleeping with them, wrapped up."

Clarke is head of Project Linus of Lower Delmarva, a local chapter of a national organization named after Charles Schultz's "Peanuts" character Linus, who is always pictured clinging tightly to his security blanket. ...